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mopinko

(70,466 posts) Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:53 AM Oct 2021

my son this morning in a text-

I know you’re Bull headed and don’t give up on something until you’re breaking ribs doing cpr

not sure if i feel attacked or seen.

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my son this morning in a text- (Original Post) mopinko Oct 2021 OP

Unless you're breaking ribs, you're not doing it right EYESORE 9001 Oct 2021 #1

if i had ever had to do that to one of my kids, mopinko Oct 2021 #2

My guess: seen blm Oct 2021 #3

yeah. when i lol'd he said mopinko Oct 2021 #4

that's a strange analogy Skittles Oct 2021 #5

lol. hardly. he's a drummer. mopinko Oct 2021 #6

drummer Skittles Oct 2021 #7

like i said, twisted sense of humor def runs in the family. mopinko Oct 2021 #8

EYESORE 9001

(26,068 posts)

1. Unless you're breaking ribs, you're not doing it right

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:00 AM

Oct 2021

If you wake up after CPR to find that cartilage in the sternum or ribs are broken, consider yourself lucky - the operative phrase here being ‘wake up.’

mopinko

(70,466 posts)

2. if i had ever had to do that to one of my kids,

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:05 AM

Oct 2021

you could have started a pool on how many ribs i would break. trust me.

blm

(113,170 posts)

3. My guess: seen

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 01:17 PM

Oct 2021

mopinko

(70,466 posts)

4. yeah. when i lol'd he said

Reply to blm (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 01:20 PM

Oct 2021

it's funny cuz it's true.

i have a tat that says- you say i'm a bitch like it's a bad thing.
never ceases to amaze me how many people laugh, and then are surprised.

Skittles

(153,470 posts)

5. that's a strange analogy

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 07:49 PM

Oct 2021

is he in the medical field?

mopinko

(70,466 posts)

6. lol. hardly. he's a drummer.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 08:22 PM

Oct 2021

my kids all have a twisted sense of humor.

Skittles

(153,470 posts)

7. drummer

Reply to mopinko (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 08:35 PM

Oct 2021

OK then it is NOT strange

mopinko

(70,466 posts)

8. like i said, twisted sense of humor def runs in the family.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:13 PM

Oct 2021

managed to stay married to his dad for 30 yrs in no small part because he was very funny.

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